Was going to try to clear my mind after taking my meletonin tonight... Slept
all day because of a lack of sleep last night... Does anybody have any tips
or suggestions on clearing the mind and entering a nice zen state to help
get to sleep?

meditation is the practice of death ----- but death is the divisional stairway to life.

watch your breathing, procure not to force it though, put some soothing music (may I suggest Jakob Ullmann's Fremde Zeit Addendum I-IV?) as long as it doesn't diverts your attention from the main object of focus: your self.

i can't say a thing now, you must find the meaning of, but enjoy it. om~

btw i don't think meditation helps you sleep, it surely relaxes your mind/soul/muscles (if done properly), but insomnia is a psychological disorder/ common neurogical deficiency. have you gone to a psychiatrist, did he prescribed you melatonin? On the long term that tryptamine messes up rapid eye cycling so bad u dont even kno

actually when i smoke my mind gets going quite a bit... not in a bad way.. so i use for a creative spark when writing music and things like that... but as far as a bedtime aid it really doesn't help me... i know it does for others

really? so the quality of sleep isn't good?... and I really should see someone.. I have never been able to sleep good my whole life

not nescesarily so but it eventually habituates your pineal gland to reduct hormonal production. a psychiatrist would prob. prescribe a Z non-benzodiazepine or SSRI/MAOI. good luck, and melatonin is N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, no 5-Meo-DMT as far as i'm conscerned bahaha.

Tried meditation, but found that since I'm not a high anxiety person to begin with that having moments of mediation didn't really do anything for me. I use(d) physical exhaustion to get to bed for the most part but don't really have that issue anymore.

Really can't over-emphasize the importantance of breathing. There are lots yogic breath instructional vids in YouTube. If you can trick you mind into releasing what its unconsciously trying to control by concentrating on breathing, and simultaneously calm your body with a thorough displacement of oxygen, sleep shall indeed be yours.